Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (born August 20, 1940) is the director general of TERI, a research and policy organization in India, the chancellor of TERI University and serves as the chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002. During his tenure the IPCC received the Nobel Peace Prize, which was shared with Al Gore, in 2007. Dr. Pachauri represented the organization and received the Nobel Price on its behalf.

He has also been the chairman of the governing council of the National Agro Foundation (NAF), as well as the chairman of the board of Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society and is now serving as the head of Yale's Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).